Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes)

Luís M. D. Barcelos; José Azevedo; João Barreiros

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e62812

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Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes)

Luís M. D. Barcelos^‡,§, José M. N. Azevedo^|,¶, João Pedro Barreiros^‡,§

‡ Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

§ ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

| University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

¶ ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Corresponding author: Luís M. D. Barcelos (ldbarcelos@gmail.com)

Academic editor: Felipe Ottoni

Received: 05 Jan 2021 | Accepted: 17 Feb 2021 | Published: 11 Mar 2021

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Barcelos LMD, Azevedo JMN, Barreiros JP (2021) Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e62812. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62812

Abstract

Background

Since the first published comprehensive checklist of Azorean fishes - covering the whole Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) region - several new records have been published and an updated checklist published in 2010. This new dataset covers all confirmed species of actinopterygians for the Azorean EEZ.

New information

In this update, we made corrections to the previous checklists, updated the taxonomy according to the most recent bibliography and added two new species to the Azorean Actinopterygii checklist.

Keywords

checklist, fin fishes, new records, regional inventory, taxonomic update

Introduction

There are over 16,000 fish species distributed by 85 orders and 536 families (Nelson et al. (2016). The Actinopterygii, commonly known as ray-finned fishes, are the largest group of living fishes. Although this group is well studied, it is still possible to discover new species or report new records for some areas.

Based on the previous list (Porteiro et al. 2010), we provide here an updated taxonomic classification following Fricke et al. (2021) and species records, by adding new records (Barreiros et al. 2014, Ribeiro et al. 2017, Barros-García et al. 2018), resulting in this checklist, already online on GBIF (Barcelos et al. 2020). This information can also be found in Suppl. material 1.

General description

Purpose:

Updating Azorean biota checklists.

Project description

Title:

Azores Actinopterygii - updated checklist

Personnel:

Luís Barcelos, José Azevedo, João Barreiros

Study area description:

Azores Archipelago

Funding:

Funding Institutions: Azores PO 2020 - ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072; TOTAL BUDGET: €299,901.83, EU Support: €254,916.56. This project was financed by FEDER in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through the Operational Programme Azores 2020. This work is also funded by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 Programme and National Funds through FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the Research Infrastructure PORBIOTA - Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity, project number POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127.

Sampling methods

Geographic coverage

Description:

Azores EEZ (Economic Exclusive Zone) limits.

Coordinates:

34 and 42.976 Latitude; -35.578 and -21 Longitude.

Taxonomic coverage

Description:

The dataset covers all the ray-finned fishes so far known to occur within the Azores' EEZ. Here, we present a list to the family taxonomic level. For each species and other information, see the Supplementary file.

Taxa included:

Rank	Scientific Name	Common Name
kingdom	Animalia	Animals
phylum	Chordata
class	Actinopterygii	Ray-finned fishes
order	Tetraodontiformes	Puffers and filefishes
order	Pleuronectiformes	Flatfishes
order	Gobiesociformes	Clingfishes
order	Perciformes	Perch-likes
order	Scorpaeniformes	Scorpionfishes and flatheads
order	Syngnathiformes	Pipefishes and seahorses
order	Zeiformes	Dories
order	Beryciformes	Sawbellies
order	Cetomimiformes	Whalefishes
order	Stephanoberyciformes	ricklefishes, bigscales and gibberfishes
order	Beloniformes	Needle fishes
order	Atheriniformes	Silversides
order	Mugiliformes	Mullets
order	Lophiiformes	Anglerfishes
order	Ophidiiformes	Cusk eels
order	Gadiformes	Cods
order	Polymixiiformes	Beardfishes
order	Lampridiformes	Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes
order	Myctophiformes	Lanternfishes
order	Aulopiformes	Grinners
order	Stomiiformes	Lightfishes and dragonfishes
order	Osmeriformes	Smelts
order	Clupeiformes	Herrings
order	Saccopharyngiformes	Swallowers and gulpers
order	Anguilliformes	Eels and morays
order	Notacanthiformes	Halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels
order	Elopiformes	Tarpons and tenpounders
family	Molidae
family	Diodontidae
family	Tetraodontidae
family	Ostraciidae
family	Monacanthidae
family	Balistidae
family	Cynoglossidae
family	Bothidae
family	Scophthalmidae
family	Gobiesocidae
family	Caproidae
family	Tetragonuridae
family	Nomeidae
family	Centrolophidae
family	Istiophoridae
family	Xiphiidae
family	Scombridae
family	Trichiuridae
family	Gempylidae
family	Sphyraenidae
family	Scombrolabracidae
family	Luvaridae
family	Gobiidae
family	Callionymidae
family	Blenniidae
family	Tripterygiidae
family	Trachinidae
family	Ammodytidae
family	Chiasmodontidae
family	Zoarcidae
family	Scaridae
family	Labridae
family	Pomacentridae
family	Chaetodontidae
family	Kyphosidae
family	Mullidae
family	Sparidae
family	Haemulidae
family	Lobotidae
family	Caristiidae
family	Lutjanidae
family	Bramidae
family	Carangidae
family	Echeneidae
family	Coryphaenidae
family	Pomatomidae
family	Epigonidae
family	Apogonidae
family	Priacanthidae
family	Callanthiidae
family	Serranidae
family	Epinephelidae
family	Polyprionidae
family	Howellidae
family	Triglidae
family	Sebastidae
family	Setarchidae
family	Scorpaenidae
family	Dactylopteridae
family	Centriscidae
family	Fistulariidae
family	Syngnathidae
family	Zeidae
family	Grammicolepididae
family	Parazenidae
family	Oreosomatidae
family	Berycidae
family	Trachichthyidae
family	Diretmidae
family	Anoplogastridae
family	Rondeletiidae
family	Stephanoberycidae
family	Melamphaidae
family	Scomberesocidae
family	Belonidae
family	Exocoetidae
family	Atherinidae
family	Mugilidae
family	Linophrynidae
family	Ceratiidae
family	Oneirodidae
family	Himantolophidae
family	Melanocetidae
family	Caulophrynidae
family	Chaunacidae
family	Antennariidae
family	Lophiidae
family	Bythitidae
family	Ophidiidae
family	Carapidae
family	Lotidae
family	Gadidae
family	Phycidae
family	Melanonidae
family	Moridae
family	Macrouridae
family	Polymixiidae
family	Regalecidae
family	Stylephoridae
family	Trachipteridae
family	Radiicephalidae
family	Lampridae
family	Myctophidae
family	Neoscopelidae
family	Bathysauridae
family	Paralepididae
family	Anotopteridae
family	Omosudidae
family	Alepisauridae
family	Evermannellidae
family	Scopelarchidae
family	Ipnopidae
family	Notosudidae
family	Chlorophthalmidae
family	Synodontidae
family	Aulopidae
family	Stomiidae
family	Phosichthyidae
family	Sternoptychidae
family	Gonostomatidae
family	Alepocephalidae
family	Platytroctidae
family	Microstomatidae
family	Bathylagidae
family	Opisthoproctidae
family	Clupeidae
family	Eurypharyngidae
family	Saccopharyngidae
family	Cyematidae
family	Serrivomeridae
family	Nettastomatidae
family	Congridae
family	Nemichthyidae
family	Derichthyidae
family	Ophichthidae
family	Synaphobranchidae
family	Muraenidae
family	Chlopsidae
family	Anguillidae
family	Notacanthidae
family	Halosauridae
family	Megalopidae

Traits coverage

Temporal coverage

Collection data

Usage licence

Usage licence:

Creative Commons Public Domain Waiver (CC-Zero)

IP rights notes:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 Licence.

Data resources

Data package title:

Azores Actinopterygii updated checklist

Resource link:

http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=actinopterygii_azores_checklist_vs1_2019&v=1.5

Alternative identifiers:

http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=actinopterygii_azores_checklist_vs1_2019

Number of data sets:

Data set name:

Azores Actinopterygii updated checklist

Data format:

Darwin Core

Description:

Since the first published comprehensive checklist of Azorean fishes - covering the whole EEZ region - (Santos et al. 1997), several new records have been published and an updated checklist published (Porteiro et al. 2010). This new dataset covers all confirmed species of bony fish for the Azorean EEZ (Barcelos et al. 2020).

Column label	Column description
ID	sequential ID
TaxonID	Taxon ID
parentNameUsageID	ID of the parental name usage
scientificName	Scientific Name
parentNameUsage	Parent Name Usage
kingdom	kingdom
phylum	phylum
class	class
order	order
family	family
genus	genus
specific epithet	specific epithet
taxon rank	taxon rank
scientific Name Authorship	Scientific Name Authorship

Additional information

Acknowledgements

Author contributions

LMDB, JMNA and JPB published the updated checklist in GBIF IPT - Portugal and built the framework. LMDB developed this paper and uploaded all the files into the Arphahub platform. All authors read and edited the submitted version and agreed on its present version.

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Supplementary material

Suppl. material 1: Azores' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) actinopterygians species list - supplementary information

Authors: Barcelos, LMDB; Azevedo, JMV; Barreiros, JP

Data type: occurrence details, taxonomic remarks, IUCN status

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